The original sculpture in a hand painted frame as a wedding gift (along with the original color painting)

Black paper drawing birthday card for Doug Horne's 50th Birthday. He's the TALLLL tiki, I'm the tiki barely poking in at the bottom, holding the flaming tiki bowl. The two flanking tikis are holding a 5 and a 0, done in a marquesan style.

Card for Polly, Rumpus Room hostess extraordinaire, for receiving her master's in Mathematics Education. I made a tapa pattern using mathematical symbols.

Card for Trader Tom, for receiving a doctorate in English.

Stockton Islander pendant and stand, with a piece of bamboo from the Islander restaurant.

Caliente Tropics black paper drawing. 11x14

Caliente Tropics tiki I black paper drawing. 8x10

Caliente Tropics tiki II black paper drawing. 8x10

Plush Caliente Tropics tiki.

Caliente Tropics tiki keychain.

Lei Lei Liz (Leleliz) black paper drawing.

Mahalo Card.

Sherriyaki birthdaycard.

Hiphipahula vinyl tiki patch.

TIki Mask (commission piece, based on It's A Small World TIki Mask).

Millefiore. 11x14 with and painted frame. Frame is decorated with faux-because-they're-not made-of-glass-millefiore pieces.
Created for Beyond The Reef, Tiki Magazine's 4th annual art show, held at San Diego's Freaky Boutiki

Plush PNG Spirit Figure tiki

Hanalei Hotel vintage sign black paper drawing. 5x7

Humphrey's Half Moon Inn vintage sign black paper drawing

Plush Tiki Bob - Tiki-Kate Edition. Created for the Tiki-Kate silent auction at Tiki Oasis 10. The doll is made from remnant fabric from Tiki-Kate's favorite dress after an Alteration. She gave it to me to create something, and I was thrilled to be able to use it to create something that would benefit her! The tag on the back is fashioned after the yellow lei that appears on the backs of some of the Tiki Bob mugs.

Trader Mort's pendant. Resin.

My first attempt at making mugs...

This one is done in my style.

And a face.

A PNG tiki.

An Abalam style tiki.

This one is based on a painting I did called "Beaky Tikis".

Hadn't had a chance to post in a few months... thanks fer lookin'

Yer Pal,
Eric October

NEW WORK ADDED 04.07.10

Trader Mort's tiki, 8x10 black paper drawing

Stockton Islander pendant

Maori Racer, 11x14, acrylic on watercolor paper

Alameda framed vinyl map, 11x14

Tiki Drum Drummers, 11x14, acrylic on watercolor paper

Tiki Drum Playing Itself, 11x 14 acrylic on watercolor paper

Bongo Beatdown, 11x 14 acrylic on watercolor paper

Beaky Tikis, 11x14 acrylic on watercolor paper

Hawaiian Cha Cha Cha, 11x 14 acrylic on watercolor paper

8x10 prints of the Tiki Torch Song Trilogy paintings, and the Maori Racer painting, in hand painted tapa patterns on the frames

Stockton Islander painting, 15x22, framed with bamboo from the Islander

Piece for the Hope Animal Shelter raffle at the Relight the Night event at the Kon Tiki in Tucson on April 10th.
Kon Tiki sign 11x14 black paper drawing. The Kon TIki liked it so much, it's their new avatar on Facebook! Sweet!

iTiki painting for promotional giveaway. 11x14, acrylic on canvas.
Their idea was to have a human-sized iTiki and a pin-up type girl in a tiki bar surrounded by memorabilia from classic tiki establishments.
Here's a link to the website:
http://www.tikicase.comIf you click on the "Tell" link in the lower left, it will take you to a page where you can see the painting!

Artwork for Keep A Breast project.
I decided to keep the plaster surface a rough as when I received it, and tried to do the image in a loose, brushy fashion to match the surface. Since every side could not be seen at once, I wanted there to be little vignettes on the sides: tikis on one, and an out rigger and an A-framed fishing pier on the other.

Plush Bumayay Islander mugs. The dolls stand 7.5" high, and are 5" in diameter at the top, tapering down toward the bottom.
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GROG think you are one of the most creative artists on Tiki Central, and with such a wide variety of mediums and it's all so good. Plus, you've really developed as a "Tiki" artist. You've come such a long way from your first "Tikizilla/Rodan Tiki" paintings to the Tiki artist you are today. Your art and creativity is a great contribution to the new Tiki Revival and art scene.

Thanks for the inspiring collection of tiki goodness posted here - I'm in awe as much as anybody else regarding the sheer variety of mediums you utilize Oh yeah, the Tobunga style is readily recognizable and for that achievement alone I bow to you.

Another aspect of your character that many people outside of So. Cal may not realize is your dedication to the tiki "revival" scene here in Los Angeles and elsewhere - that you support most if not all of the various happenings and events and get-togethers and CHOPs and shows...100%...attending these "scenes" in person. Its just not Ohana when you're absent.

Take care my friend, keep the flag waving for tiki art and I for one always look forward to see the next break-thru you bestow to the public at large. Aloha! G

I love the obvious sense of humor you bestow upon your creations! Every new picture had me smiling and saying "Daaaaaaaaaaamn!" Yeah, like everyone else said, WOW on the variety of medium - sewing, carving, painting, lamp making, FOOD!, etc. I also appreciated the variety of cultures you worked with. You must do research for a living! Keep it up!
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Awesome Stuff Eric - I am proud to have a few of your pieces in my collection, including the last kuddly Ku! Your imagination and no fear approach to any medium is spectacular!
Can't wait to see whats next for you!
You are very inspiring!

Thank you everybody for the awesome feedback! I appreciate and am humbled by the positive response and incredible support I get from the Tiki Central Ohana.

To answer your question Leleliz, it took about four hours to transfer everything over from my Other Crafts thread... I kept saying to myself when I came to a particularly photo filled post "Dang, how much work have I produced?!?" And I knew I still had more to process!

And Grog, it's interesting that you can chart my development... I look at some of my early stuff and I kinda cringe... I can sense when I really hit my stride and got into my particular tiki groove.

As TikiG said, I guess I really do have a style... I didn't really think so, but it's there. Perhaps it was lost on me... I just create work out of what ever medium my ideas dictate (or what ever object I randomly find, and my mind, over which I apparently have little control, turns into a medium)... and I'm too close to the work to see the connections?

Seeing it all grouped together is a little overwhelming for me... sorry if I caused anybody any eyestrain!